NaijaPikinGidi: [size=13pt]Bulletproof vests worn 'incorrectly' in CAR[/size]
2013-07-19 09:14

Johannesburg - The incorrect use of bulletproof vests during the Battle of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) in March was probably why 15 South African soldiers were killed, Beeld reported on Friday.

Colonel Renier "Doibi" Coetzee, a senior South African Special Forces officer, made this statement on behalf of his superiors at a press conference in Pretoria earlier this week.

Coetzee said soldiers who had worn their jackets correctly withstood several bullets and survived the ordeal.

He said that after the 23 March battle it had emerged that some of the South African troops had not worn their jackets in the prescribed way.

"Some took out the bulletproofing plates, while others just wore breast plates. This left their backs unprotected."

Coetzee said the army was currently evaluating both instructions for wearing the jackets, and the quality of items being issued to soldiers.

"It is true that our jackets are a bit old, and that the technology is a bit outdated... but there's nothing wrong with them."

Wearing the jackets was optional, and especially when it was hot, solders tended to remove the plates.

"American and British soldiers in Afghanistan eat and sleep with their jackets on, and they would not dare move from camp without them. This is one of the things that after the current evaluation will probably become mandatory for our soldiers," he said.

Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bulletproof-vests-worn-incorrectly-in-CAR-20130719
- SAPA




Since this was posted a while back, all South African brains here have failed to make any comment about it. Brainless cowards!

that one is small. these guys just build weapons but lack the skillful personnel to use them. they can cry us a river for all i care.

the other day they were shouting about how professional their police and special task force is. well, this is gonna be a shocker.

South Africa: Civil Claims Show the Cost of an Unprofessional Police Service

Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa has revealed today that the SAPS has spent over R300 million on civil claims against its members over the last three years. These claims were as a result of wrongful arrests, corruption and negligent conduct but would also include claims for murder, rapes and other violent crimes by the police.

The number of civil claims has increased from 3007 in 2010/2011 to 5090 in 2011/12. Although the Minister has said it decreased from 7004 in 2009/10 to 3007 in 2010/11, this downward trend was short-lived. The legal costs have escalated from R89.5 million in 2009/10 to a massive R135.3 million in 2011/12.

While we of course agree with the Minister for saying that tough disciplinary action must be taken and that command and control must be strengthened, it is of course long past the time that he turned his words into action. He must immediately present a detailed proposal to Parliament setting out how he intends to do this. This must include the full demilitarisation of SAPS, as per the National Development Plan, so that the police service can be effectively professionalised.

The Minister has known for years that there is a major problem in relation to the actions of SAPS members that result in a high level of civil claims and that is why the figure for contingent liabilities (a liability that the entity may have to pay, depending on the outcome of a future event - such as a court case) has quadrupled over the last six years. It has increased from R5.3 billion in 2006 to R20.5 billion for 2011/2012. It now constitutes 32.8% of the SAPS annual budget. The bulk of this figure is made up of civil claims against the police amounting to R14.8 billion.

These increasing figures, once again, illustrate the effect the militarisation of the SAPS has had on the service in the form of increased police brutality.

The Minister said in his statement today that he has "always emphasized that this tough stance on crime must be balanced by our philosophy that policing must also be oriented along respect for human rights, be community-centred and protect the weak and vulnerable in society". We agree wholeheartedly in this change of tone since his statement in late 2009 which said the police must take a "fight fire with fire" approach.

We need a professional police service to catch violent criminals, not a trigger-happy police force that kills innocent civilians. The time for inaction is over. South Africa needs a plan to professionalise the SAPS, and it cannot be delayed any longer.



tells you how these guys keep living with Alice in Wonderland.

Msauza:

Cameroon pride- many things have been said about Cameroon in your absence. The likes of Agaugust claimed to have defeated Cameroon just in minutes somewhere in Bakassie. Thus, hoping to hear from you, what is your take concerning your purported defeat at the hands of Nigerian Military. I am now surprised and completely dumbfounded that nobody wants to respond at your post.

don't be silly. comparing cameroon military ti Nigeria is baseless. if they weren't scared to go to war why did they take the case to UN. i can't even ask us to compare Nigerian military to yours cos we've already found out that you don't have a military. just weapons industry.

Standing5: Why not use those old coaches for cargo movement instead of taking us back some 20-30 yrs? can;t our Fed Govt manage to buy brand new coaches?

i was expecting something like this. Your negative mindset is also killing our economy if you didn't know. Smh for people like you

Obiagelli:
1770 out of 8000

yeah. Higher than ours but not a model to follow. I'll rather you compare Nigeria to south africa that has more population, less oil, more industrialized, builds it's own technology.
That a country i will want Nigeria to follow or china. Not Qatar

your comparison is wrong and not motivating at all

Lordlexy: Insightful. A food for thought has put it better like. Like i said in my earlier post, this calls sober reflection, and not calling for the crucifixion of obiagelli. It grieved me to have elected leaders leaving our shore to far away india, cuba, dubai for medical attention. What happen to those average Nigerians who can afford such? That is callous, wickedness and total disregard to the very right of the populace. Yet, gullible as some are, will come here to attack anyone whose opinion of the bad state of the nation contract theirs. Every factor for development; population, oil, solid minerals are within our bound but failure of leadership which breed ethnicity, religious intolerance, corruption and general backwardness should take the centre stage of this topic and not this shallow thinking express here today. How many of you are comforting watching those sick patients being displayed on AIT soliciting for funds running into millions to be transported and treated in India thus increasing the Gdp of that country, quite shameful. That is a clear evident of failed leadership. Development transceds couple of good houses and office blocks to availability of basic and adequate amenities and service utilities which presently, is grossly lacking. Pls, stop calling for Obi's head.

you couldn't have said it any better.
Since GEJ has shown his incababilities to take us to the promise land, will you come out to protest when he riggs election? Cos i doubt he'll be re elected if done free and fair.
Me know sey my people fear death pass fowl sef

Obiagelli:
That's a new one, never knew qatar wasn't investing in its citizens, you mean they don't go to the best school, they have the best labs, best sports facilities, the hold large stake in any company in their company.

Btw tell me how nigeria invests in its citizens, through ASUU strike?

Qatar university ranks 17th in the middle east and 1772 out of 8000 universities in the world. The universities are occupied by foreign teachers. Their citizens are lazy because of the large sum of pocket money their government pays them from oil revenue.
Even their national news network is occupied by 98% foreigners.
They lack a lot of experts.
Money that should go to building other sources of revenue and create jobs for their people.
What will happen when the oil dries up? Why do you think their monarchs don't want to upset the US?
qatar is not an industrialized country and should not be compare with Nigeria. Period.

If you trully went to university you would know that ASUU is a group of selfish lectures who want nothing more than more powers to control the Universities.

To the best of my knowledge, the government provides them with funds but the funds end up with the VCs, professors and some senior lecturers. Is it government that sells handouts to us even after knowing we have text books? Is it government that mandates us to pay money before our scrpts can be marked? Is it the government that told our lecturers to be lazying around till they skip they lecture hours thereby taking the poor students backwards?

Their demands are outrageous and haven't you noticed how incoherent they are with defending the reason for their demands?

These guys are well paid but they are too lazy and corrupt to be given authonomy to run these schools by themselves.

Just imagine when government hands off the Universities. ASUU has been compromised and is now a corrupt body. And i hate them as much as i hate many other lecturers.

Obiagelli:
That's a new one, never knew qatar wasn't investing in its citizens, you mean they don't go to the best school, they have the best labs, best sports facilities, the hold large stake in any company in their company.

Btw tell me how nigeria invests in its citizens, through ASUU strike?

Qatar university ranks 17th in the middle east and 1770

Venchy:

From london to Baltimore, I can only see illegal Cab drivers trying to survive but not begging for money, I'm quite sure that no car park at the US airport looks like MM aa well as not having basic Soap in the toilet if truly you have been travelling.

I don't know when some Nigerians will come out to say the truth but NO, they loves leaving in Denial.

Hustling is different from the situation of the country.

so illegal cab driver is not a hustler abi? My elder brother was robbed at george bush international airport in texas last year as a JJC going for masters. So don't teach me about huslers in american airports.

I haven't used the toilet at MMIA recently but the infrastructure i see is far better than what you want some ignorant nairalanders to believe

you are the one not being honest with yourself and you need to change.

ennecco: he is right look the different btw 80 and 2013. is that not enough for you to understand. you re talking of infastructure. when nigeria gov could not provide commom light and water. for nigerians .well pray jesus delivered nigeria gov.

that is my beef with the OP. She thinks we don't have tall buildings and fine roads and thats her problem when she should be talking about human capital and job creation. If it's about tall buildings why is half of europeans jobless?

Why does she think the UN and world bank lamented that Nigeria needs to reflect it development on it's citizens. There's development but the government is not investing on it's people (like jobs and social welfair). And this girl is talking about tall buildings and estates that we have plenty here.

Qatar is not a developing country cos their government is not investing on it's citizens, their teachers are foreigners, their buildings are own by europeans, their doctors are foreigners. Why does she think people flock to Qatar and get any job within days. Cos it's citizens don't work.

There are better ways to fight corruption than this display of ignorance. How can this government take us seriously if we don't know how to table our grievance.

Is that the kind of society the OP wants to compare us with? Abeg the babe no expose jorr

Venchy:
Weldone Obi, majority do not know that there's another life until they step out or CHANGE their ways of reasoning before they realise they nation is not moving AT ALL.
Reason for that is Bad leaders that steals the country's wealth but couldn't provide the most most essential facility ( ELETRICITY) that will drive the Economy forward.

How can a ordinary post office sort millions of latter EFFECTIVELY without no electricity.

Within the country their stupid Bank ALERT system fails woefully, money is already credited but people were waiting for Alert....what a mess

true talk about the electricity problem(real reason i regret voting that fisherman).

But for the bank problem, please change your bank. Banks fail people all over the world. It doesn't reflect your country.

Obiagelli:
I posted what I see and i know 80% of Nigeria is no different from that picture from north, East, South or West. We deserve better as a nation. Most of you give this master leaders that all is well while 80% of our population live below poverty line. Get real bro. Patriotism should be well placed.

my dear stop talking statistics and come to reality.
You know your 80% statistic is wrong cos you focused more on the country side(villages)

please talk about the cities not villages. I stayed in a remote part of Norway for 6 months and i can tell you it was hell cos it was a typical village.

My point is that every country has what it calls it's villages. That's why they are regarded as rural areas.
China is a developing and 2nd biggest economy but their villages still have bamboo houses and a lot of poor and illitrate people. But the country is judged by it's urban developments. Facts are there for you to see.

Like i said. You need to get out from your ghetto and travel before judging.

nigeria is still suffering from greedy people but it doesn't mean we are not moving. Get you priorities right.
There are better ways to present your grievances than this rubbish.

Venchy:

I will tell you what the 80% looks like, from the Airport all I can see is hungry faces begging for money, from the chief Immigration officer to the smallest officer, No soap in the toilet for visitors, the fair car park has become mile 12 yam market and before the plane torch down in the night all you can see from the top is Darkness, means Nigerians are in the DARK.

Please tell me how the 80% of the country lives when the Entrance to the country is in serious deterioration?

and please be fair with yourself and tell me which of the international airports is a mess in the country? And tell me if some airports in US don't have hustlers roamin around them.

Learn to be construtive in your critism and talking like you are in a pub.

Have you even been to any of the airports recently? Abeg go sleep if you no get yarns

Obiagelli:
Do tell me you still haven't figured out that gdps are in million dollars, go and pick up a good book.

sister the fact is that you made a very wrong, biased, trecherous and unpatriotic comparison. Now you want to shift it to complain about corruption.

We have problems but it doesn't mean we have to destroy the country with our leaders.

What if a potential investor sees your misinterpretation of 9ja and decides to take his business somewhere else, is it not you and i that will lose?

I have moved around Nigeria and i can tell you clearly that you have wronged your country big time. Their are better ways to protest against corruption and mismanagement by our leaders, but not by bringing the country down with it.

It's people like you that will say we don't have trains or tall buildings in Nigeria. I don't know whether to call you ignorant or just wicked.

juman: That nigeria is a failed country.

do you realize you and your family are part of that failure? Careful what you wish for yourself dummy.

Fadelex:
*laffing wickedly* mukeke mukeke.... no mind them, they always want to subject everybody to their opinion... now I have these to say,
*in Abuja, you have the city centres like wuse, maitama and co, u have the satellite towns like nyaya, lugbe, kubwa and you have the villages like ushafa, dei-dei, kwali and so on... it is always like this everywhere in the world..the call their villages countryside in developed nations, even though these countryside have all d basic amenities, they are like ghost town cuz there's no business activities nor administrative business goin on there...
*when you want to compare, you don't do selective comparison, you take d best of Qatar and the best of Nigeria, I will say this again, gerout of that village of yours and expand ur horizon, Nigeria is very beautiful and conducive....
I've been to 26 states in Nigeria, not transit thru, I mean been to. every countries get ghetto, they used to say Libya is like Europe until d uprising and I saw a place just like the sokoto desert...

i remember when Nigerians were comparing their country to Lybia until Lybya got attention and they realised that only tripoli is a bit developed.
Now it's Qatar. I have a friend that travels to Qatar steady and he told me how the development is focused on Doha and not the whole country (even though it's a small country).
This country does not invest in Human capital. Their schools are occupied by foreign teachers, their hospital are occupied by foreign doctors, their infrastructures are maintained by foreigners, they lack industries.
Why do you think Qatar is not seen as a developed or developing country but seen as a beautiful country? Qatar is rich cos they have nothing to spend their mony on. Foreigners own and maintain Qatar. Most of the high buildings are owned by europeans.

Pls compare Nigeria to Brazil, then i can cry.
Not any middle east country.

Emmadani: sum pple dnt seem to undastand it.Lagos and abuja wil give u d size of qatar,so if al 9ja resource and money ad bin invested only in abuja and lagos,then dats when sum1 can come nd compare qatar wit 9ja.Even ebonyi is populated than qatar.Nawa o pple comparing qatar nd nigeria,wondas shall never enddd.

too much CNN my broda.

Am not saying Nigeria is okay, but we are developing and most people commenting here hardly travel or live in the ghetto. So they believe everywhere in Nigeria looks like their ghetto.

adconline:

You are in denial. No country that is blessed like Nigeria is badly run like Naija. Don't bring Mali, Somalia,Nigeria. Compare Indonesia, Malaysia, Venezuela, Brazil

and asde from the state capitals of these countries aside brail) can you mention how many states or provinces they have and how many are actually developed?

As much as our country is riddled with criminally minded leaders, you should know that some of them actually have visions and are developing their states. Am not living in denial cos i have travelled a lot and i understand that this is one of your problems.
Most of you are confined in one place so u think your country is too underdeveloped cos CNN refuses to show you.

Venezuela, malaysia have money but not everywhere in those countries are developed as you think.

What we should be crying about is government to invest in human capital cos if you want to talk of fine structures and estates, we get am plenty in 9ja.

Know your priorities abbeg and stop crying for the wrong reasons.

@OP. Your comparison is very unfair. Qatar is a very tiny nation compared to Nigeria and less population to cater for.

Aside from lagos and abuja, i've lived in Calabar, Kano, Akwa ibom, PH due to my work. Unlike Qatar and other countries that focus their developments in one state, many Nigerian states are more developed than you think.

Just cause you live in a ghetto doesn't mean the rest of the world don't have them. Move around before you paste this kind of baseless thread again.

Obiagelli:
How many lekkis and vgc do we have in Nigeria

maybe you should start travelling out of your enclave before judging from your laptop

musiwa35: sad, rip.. more men will die.. thousand will die, if we dont fix the satellite picture thing.

we can remove some portion. dont worry about any governor who refused. the army 6 ft.

i am not sure of the east and the north. western nigeria is ready, anyone who refuse my order.. dont worry. time is going , and you are risking many officers lifes. all system go on the international front. we are covered.

i dont know of east and north. west ready. it is too much risk to risk 200 million life and all of the officers life

did all this just come out from a person's brain

CraigB:

As I've come to expect from Clover-Danone and the rest of the Naai-gerians: lots of idi*tic questions asked with all the seriousness of respectable enquiry

Not too long ago, we challenged you on your president's having hijacked your military colours. We said that you know nothing about being a democracy. You cried: "Oh! We are Naai-geria! We do it our own way."

We left you alone to live in your fo*ol's paradise.

We then told you about our military training academies and argued that the US have a similar setup. You cried: "Oh, just because the US does it like you doesn't make your academies good."

We left you alone there, as well - so you could bake in the heat of your imbec*ile ways.

Now lo and behold - you want to be compared to other countries?! All of a sudden!

Ok, spineless invertebrates, let's see:

Which of the countries that you've listed have a healthy democracy? Feel free to refer to the democracy index.

Democracy and separation of powers - you wouldn't know anything about that. You're from the ghetto that's Naai-geria.

Mexico has a long history of using their military internally. As it turns out, they suffer the same ills that Naai-gerians suffer - useless police and useless special forces.

Here: read it and weep. You've just buttressed my argument. And don't be shy to look at what's being said about the Mexican constitution.

-----> http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2013/06/why-mexicos-military-is-fighting-the-countrys-drug-war/

Oh! How about this?

"As long as the Mexican government is unable to strengthen the police and the courts and protect them against the powerful ability of organized crime to corrupt or intimidate, it will continue to rely on its armed forces. The military has been and will continue to be deployed by necessity, regardless of the campaign promises or rhetoric of the sitting president. The Peña administration may aggressively attempt to control information about the use of the military; it may de-emphasize the use of the military in its public statements. But the Peña administration, like the Calderón administration before it, does not have an alternative."

Sounds like Naai-geria, doesn't it? The exact same argument made by your very Naai-gerian Daily Trust

The people of Tibet view China's presence as an occupation. The people of Chechnya view Russia's presence as an occupation.

On the democracy index, both China and Russia are authoritarian or thereabouts.

Is this what the already useless Naai-geria aspires to?

You people have a strange way of showing your intelligence.

mr monkey brain. you are the one that has just shown how criminalization has rocked the brains of SMELL AFRICANS. brainless boy that is so desperate to deliver emptiness of his fiddle mind.

why are you talking about democracy when the argument was clearly about police not capable of doing military duty? are you really this S.TUPID(lacking intelligence or common sense)

why did you skip Britain that fought IRA with troops and special forces instead of police, since it was an internal crisis?
or US deploy national guards to assist thousands of the best police tactical team in the world (SWAT) just to fight two terrorists?
are these countries not democracies to you.

what about SA that deployed troops just to protect animals and support your police just to fight marikana protesters? since your special task force team were busy facebooking.

is SA not a democracy?

clearly the word S.TUPID which means "lacking intelligence or common sense" suits your way of reasoning.

so you see that am not insulting you but calling you what you are. I.DIOT

Msauza:

NOTHING!! ONLY ONE AND THE ONLY MZANSI.

mr one and only mzansi.
please post your achievements na. how long do i have to beg for it.

kenya and Uganda are fast outgrowing you with imported second hand weapons and you are here hailing mzansi.

do you think US, Britain, Israel, France, Russia, China, NIGERRIA all have their reputations by just building weapons alone? France plans to buy reaper drones from US, does that mean france's military is incapable.

it's how you've used your weapons that matter not how you build it. Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria import most of their weapons but will whoop your military to dust.

give us SANDF achievements so we can compare but don't stop posting the weapons sha . me likeey

Thiza: @AGAUGUST SHOW WHAT YOU HAVE...U HAVE FAILED SO MANY TIMES

my friend sharap. what have you achieved with the weapons you've been building.
Nigerian military has achieved a lot in africa with their imported weapons than you that build your own. go and teach your army how to fight with those weapons before bragging

am still waiting for my response please. achievements

Donian007: @CraigB, Please do me a favour and address the comparism made in this post with Mexican Military fighting the drug cartels, Chechnya rebels vs Russian Army, China has deployed fighter jets to watch the Tibetans, etc. Please what do you think about these?

I've been begging them to post achievement of SANDF and they've been avoiding my question since.
does it mean SANDF have never achieved anything good on this continent than to pose in front of shiny weapons?

agaugust:


you know that if the south africans stop writing rubbish, then they are no longer south africans


.

no mind the dull head CraigB and other snot african. i don go sleep jare

CraigB:

Great, where? In Mali?

OK.

Anyway, pull the other one re: your police.


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http://dailytrust.info/index.php/editorial/1131-overstretching-the-military-in-peace-time

Admittedly, this foray of the military into civil duties may have been forced on it by the inability of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to effectively discharge its duty of combating emerging security challenges that threaten to overwhelm the country. Had the NPF been properly inclined through proper staffing and funding, to challenge and defeat these forces seeking to undermine the wellbeing of the state, there would have been no cause to draft the military into the fray. The inadequacies of the police are therefore threatening to jeopardise the efficiency of other security arms. This must not be allowed to go on for too long.
The immediate action to take is to embark on a phased withdrawal of soldiers from civil duties, particularly those mounting sentry at checkpoints. This programmed plan to return the soldiers to their traditional role should be pursued side by side with the enablement and empowerment of the police to be in a strong enough position to take over complete responsibility of maintaining order. This will entail proper training of new entrants and the rank and file in all aspects of policing. In addition, paucity of equipment, including appropriate weapons in civil and armed uprisings, has bedevilled the ability of the police to do their duty effectively. It is important for them to be provided with adequate wherewithal for optimum performance.

i can forgive you since i understand your poor knowledge of everything in life.

why didn't you send your special task force to CAR to battle seleka or DRC (although your troops are playing sissy there as we speak ) since it is the police job to fight terrorist that are armed with anti aircraft guns, GPMG, RPG and IED.

or why don't you tell Mexico to withdraw troops that are battling cartels on the streets, or ask the US why they had to deploy their national guard to support thousand of SWAT team (world's best) just to fish out two terrorists, or tell turkey to use only their police to fight PKK rebels, or Russia to use only their police to fight Chechen rebels.

Nigerian police is currently supporting NA operations in counter terrorism in the North and to the best of my knowledge, are far better than these clowns you call special task whatever.

so far the achievements i saw were only in the 70's and 80's. what are they doing now that crime has skyrocketed in SA? facebooking?

you lack intellect and i'll keep reminding you how S.TUPID you are.
http://beegeagle./2013/05/26/nigeria-police-anti-kidnapping-unit-rescue-four-russian-and-ukrianian-nationals-abducted-offshore/

CraigB:
The "overstretched" SANDF remains in the DRC.

you are in DRC alone and already overstretched. no wonder seleka mopped the grounds of CAR with your soldiers' blood
And last time i checked M23 is currently battling DRC army and your troops are sipping tea. their mandate is to engage the rebels in an offensive but they are on honeymoon in DRC and your are here bragging.

bow your head in shame and go watch ben10.

Mike..ZA:
The South African Police Service Special
Task Force (SAPS STF) is the special
operations element of the South African
Police Service (SAPS).
The STF has a formidable reputation in
counterterrorism and insurgency and
hostage rescue. Unlike most civilian/police
counterterrorist units around the world, the
special task force is also trained to conduct
military special operations and has done so
on many occasions, operating with their
military counterparts, especially during the
long 30-year border war.
History
A Special Task Force demonstration at
AFB Waterkloof
After a hostage siege at the Israeli embassy
on 28 April 1975 which became known as
the Fox Street Siege the South African
government decided to establish a special
police unit to deal with situations such as
hostage situations.
In 1976 the Task force was activated. The
Task Force falls under operational control of
the Division: Operational Response Services
and is responsible for dealing with all high-
risk operations, such as hostage situations
on land, sea and air, including rescue-related
operations.
↑Jump back a section
Known Operations
25 January 1980 – The Siege of Volkskas
Bank, Silverton, Pretoria. Four terrorists,
armed with AK47 assault weapons and hand
grenades, held the Volkskas Bank in
Silverton, Pretoria under siege. They
threatened to kill the hostages if all their
demands were not met. In the ensuing
release operation, Special Task Force
members killed all the terrorists, while
hostage casualties were caused by hostile
small-arms fire and a hand grenade
explosion.
25 – 30 January 1981 – Laingsburg flood
disaster. The Special Task Force lead the
search – and rescue operations. 47 bodies
were recovered in 5 days. The Special Task
Force also rendered disaster relief assistance
to the local population.
30 July 1988 – Hostage situation-
Goedemoed prison. Using sharpened objects,
22 prisoners attacked the prison warders at
Goedemoed Prison. One of the warders failed
to escape and was taken hostage in a cell.
The hostage was stabbed twice in the neck
while one of the warders was trying to
negotiated with the prisoners. The SAPS
Special Task Force was called in to assist in
the matter. Nine members of the Special
Task Force were flown to Goedemoed Prison.
The Special Task Force freed the hostage
with the assistance of the negotiator
(warder) and the Reaction Unit of
Bloemfontein. The two prisoners who held
the warder hostage, were wounded, one of
them fatally.
14 September 1988 – The Bus Capture at
Lesotho. The Pope visited Maseru on the
above date. Four members of the Lesotho
Freedom Alliance hijacked a bus transporting
74 passengers at the British Embassy. The
SAPS Special Task Force was called in to
assist in the matter. When negotiations
failed, the terrorists began shooting at the
bystanders in the British Consulate. They
then attempted to use the bus to ram
through the embassy gates. The Special
Task Force stormed the bus, killing three
terrorists and capturing one. They disarmed
an improvised booby trap (explosive device).
17 hostages who were injured by hostile
gunfire were stabilised by Special Task Force
medics.
13 December 1989 – Body recovery at Selby
Mine, Johannesburg. Two members of the
Special Task Force assisted the Brixton
Murder and Robbery Unit in recovering a
corpse from the Selby mineshaft,
Johannesburg. The corpse was found at a
depth of 141 meters. Obstructions, bad
construction and the threat of toxic gases
created additional hazards. Two members of
the Special Task Force were individually
lowered into the shaft, but were forced to
return to the surface owing to respiratory
difficulties. One member was given oxygen
apparatus and lowered down the shaft
again. After securing the corpse to a rope,
he was hoisted to the surface. Both
members were awarded the South African
Police Cross for Bravery for their unselfish
deed.
11 January 1993 – Hostage situation in
Walmer, Port Elizabeth. A Black ex-defence
force member took a woman hostage and
held her at gunpoint. As negotiations failed,
the Special Task Force entered the building
and incapacitated the captor with 2 shots.
The hostage was not hurt.
4 July 1993 – Hijacked Fokker FU28 at Jan
Smuts International Airport. A Fokker FU28
airliner of Royal Swazi Airlines with 21
passengers on board was hijacked and
diverted to Jan Smuts Airport, near
Johannesburg. The SAPS Special Task Force
was summoned to the scene and 22
members were dispatched to the airport to
contain the situation and release the
hostages. After being informed by the
psychologist on the scene that the hijacker
was emotionally unstable and irrational and a
threat to the hostages, the Special Task
Force was given the command to recapture
the aircraft and to release the hostages. The
hijacker was wounded in the head during
the storming of the aircraft. A hostage was
wounded in the shoulder and the pilot in the
leg. No casualties were sustained by
members of the Special Task Force.
10 July 1994 – Arrest of Weapon Smugglers
at Nduma. Weapons are regularly smuggled
from Mozambique to South Africa via the
Kruger National Park which borders on
Mozambique. The Organized Crime Unit and
Firearm Tracing Unit requested the Special
Task Force to be of assistance by way of
observation duties of specified areas which
had been identified by informers as areas
which the smugglers readily use. 10
members of the Special Task Force were
deployed to the Nduma area in the Kruger
National Park where they established
observation posts. The operation was
successful and three (3) Mozambicans were
traced and arrested. The members seized 30
AK47 rifles and three (3) SAM-7 ground-to-air
missiles.
27 October 1994 – Hostage Situation and
Attempted Suicide at Telkom Offices,
Pretoria. A man armed with a firearm and
was upset about the non-payment of his
salary, entered the Telkom Distribution
offices where he worked and took a number
of people hostage. The hostage negotiators
and 21 members of the Special Task Force
were deployed to the scene. After prolonged
negotiations, all the hostages were released
but the man refused to surrender and
threatened to take his own life. The Special
Task Force were still in position and ready to
take action while the negotiations with the
man continued. While the negotiations were
taking place, the man decided, without
warning, to move to another office. The man
was overwhelmed in the passage after his
attention had been drawn by a stun grenade
and he was disarmed. Neither the man or
the people who disarmed him were injured in
the incident.
15 June 1994 – Rescue Operation Salu
Building, Pretoria. 28 members of the Special
Task Force raced to the city center to assist
with a rescue operation. A building with a
number of floors was on fire and personnel
working in the building above the floors
which were on fire, were trapped. Members
of the Special Task Force, SAPS Air Wing and
SA Air Force using helicopters rescued
people from the top of the building. Other
members used roping equipment to
evacuate the trapped people to safety. Only
a small number of people were treated for
minor burns and smoke inhalation.
1 March 1995 – Hostage Situation Bella
Vista, Johannesburg. A man took his fiancee
and her little daughter hostage after a family
dispute. The hostage negotiators and six
members of the Special Task Force were
deployed to the scene. During negotiations,
the man continually held a knife against the
throat of his fiancee and also sodomised her
in the presence of her daughter. The child
was also ill-treated by the man while his
fiancee had to watch. A tactical release of
the hostages was the only way out. One
member of the Special Task Force was
employed as a sniper and during the tactical
release of the hostages, the man was fatally
wounded. A firearm was found in the room
where the man had held the woman and
child hostage.
27 November 1995 – Kidnapping and
Hostage Situation, Vereeniging. The
Intelligence Service and CID of Secunda and
Vereeniging requested the assistance of the
Special Task Force in an operation to locate
the whereabouts of a man who had been
kidnapped and was being held hostage.
Information at hand was that the man had
been kidnapped by 3 men and was being
held hostage in a Daleside, Vereenigng
house. 9 members of the Special Task Force
were made available for the operation and
the kidnapped man was released uninjured
during a tactical release. All three men were
arrested without a single shot being fired. 5
fire-arms which had been used by the
hostage takers were seized.
6 August 1995 – Hostage Situation
Hollywood Café, Sunnyside. A man fleeing
from the SAPS on 6 August 1995, took a
woman hostage in the Hollywood Café,
Esselen Street, Sunnyside. The Special Task
Force was summoned to the scene by Radio
Control after which the hostage taker was
arrested and the hostage tactically released.
The man was found guilty of armed robbery,
kidnapping, pointing of a firearm and
possession of an unlicensed firearm.
24 to 25 February 1995 – Hostage Situation,
St Albans Prison – Port Elizabeth. 22
members of the Special Task Force were
summoned to St Alban's Prison, Port
Elizabeth where approximately 105 prisoners
had taken a prison warder as hostage.
During the night of 24 – 25 February 1995,
after prolonged negotiations the prison
warder was released after a tactical release
lasting 20 seconds. One hostage taker was
fatally wounded. One injured and the other
prisoners were arrested. The hostage was
released without injuries. Two firearms and a
M26 hand grenade were seized after the
operation.
12 August 1996 – Hostage Situation 34
Baccus Street, Irene. On 12 August 1996 a
man took a year old baby hostage at 34
Baccus Street, Irene. The Special Task Force
deployed 21 members to the scene. During
negotiations, snipers were deployed in the
vicinity. The snipers observed that the man
held the baby in front of him with a knife to
its throat all the time. The hostage taker only
moved a curtain occasionally to see what
was going on outside, but never let go of the
baby. Negotiations which had lasted a long
time did not succeed and it was decided on
a tactical release of the baby by members of
the Special Task Force. During the tactical
release, both snipers fired simultaneously,
fatally wounding the hostage taker. The
baby was safely released without any
injuries.
22 May 1997 – Hostage Situation Nando's,
Johannesburg. Three robbers trying to rob
Nando's on the corner of Cromhout and
Kimberley Streets, Johannesburg were
cornered by members of the SAPS
Johannesburg after being alerted by
members of the public. The robbers took the
employees of Nando's hostage. A gun-battle
between the robbers and the SAPS took
place during which two members of the
SAPS were wounded. 19 members of the
Special Task Force were deployed. During
the release of the hostages, the three
robbers were wounded and arrested. No
members of the public were injured.
25 June 2006 – The Jeppestown Massacre,
Jeppestown, central Johannesburg. After a
robbery, 23 robbers were followed by a
police helicopter to a safe house. 4 SAPS
members were murdered and 8 robbers
were killed in the siege before the remaining
15 gang members surrendered. Members of
the Special Task Force were deployed to
assist the SAPS in ending the siege.
10 August – 20 September 2012 – Marikana
Miners' Strike, Rustenburg. Members of the
Special Task Force were deployed to the
Lonmin owned mine in the Marikana area
after 2 police official, 2 security guards and 4
miners were murdered by striking miners
between 12 and 14 August. On 16 August,
after storming police forces with traditional
weapons and small arms, 34 miners were
shot dead by SAPS members and another 78
miners were injured. This became known as
the Marikana Massacre.
24 November 2012 – Protea Coin cash
compound, Robertsville, western
Johannesburg. At around 17:00, the Task
Force confronted a group of 20 heavily
armed cash in transit robbers in a foiled
robbery, after the robbers were cornered
and opened fire on the members of the Task
Force, they returned fire killing 7 and
wounding 9 of the robbers. None of the Task
Force members were injured in the shootout.
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Recruitment and training
Prospective members have to be at least 21
years old and must have served at least two
years in the South African Police Service. The
volunteer must also show certain personal
traits such as:
maturity
leadership skills
sound judgment.
All Task Force applicants are volunteers and
have to comply with stringent physical
requirements before being admitted to the
basic training and selection course. The
basic training course is twenty-six weeks
long and includes weapons, rural and urban
combat as well as basic parachute training
courses. Compulsory advanced courses
include special skills such as diving, VIP
protection, explosives and medical training.
The total initial training period is nine
months, but completing all the requisite
advanced courses to become a full-fledged
Special Task Force operational member may
last up to three years.[1]
Although membership of the Special Task
Force open to both male and female SAPS
members, female operatives undergo a
separate selection course"

is this supposed to be a joke or what

you are lucky i was banned for my initial response to this piece of crap

this boy wan kill me with him mumu o.. make una help me.

so you've been comparing the great Nigerian military to an underachieved SANDF, only to bring achievements of police special task force on internal operations. WDF!!

Nigerian police MOPOL, SARS and anti terrorism squad are busy fighting boko haram in the north, kidnappers in the south, pirates in the Delta, deployed on PKO in Mali, Somalia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia . please don't let us compare them with yours cos they may not be as equipped as your models, but they get the hardest jobs done and are well tested.

please post achievements of SANDF on african continent.

no wonder jealousy wan kill una